Stunted growth genetically linked to excess growth
Health risks of thirdhand smoke
Initiative seeks to boost faculty diversity
UCSF ALS Center’s founding director dies of the disease he studied
Richard K. Olney, MD, founding director of the ALS Treatment and Research Center at UCSF and a pioneer in clinical research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has died at age 64, following his own eight-year battle with the disease.
Heart attacks, other emergencies spike during holidays
Saving dogs with spinal cord injuries
A year of protest, progress and a very special prize
Just as Time magazine named the Protester as its person of the year, so did unrest shape much of 2011 for the University of California.
Reverberations from January and February's anti-Mubarek protests in Egypt were felt halfway around the world, as UC took emergency measures to evacuate 30 students, faculty and staff enrolled in a study abroad program and taking part in an archaeological dig.
Researchers discuss sugar’s highs, lows
America's growing sweet tooth is super-sizing waistlines and the nation's health care price tag, warn University of California researchers.
People in the U.S. are eating 21 times more sweet stuff today than the pilgrims and pioneers did, according to data presented by scientists at a symposium on sugar and other sweeteners, sponsored by the Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment (COAST) at UCSF, the UC Office of the President, UC Berkeley and UC Davis.
UC medical schools increase underrepresented minority students
Crystal Denmon was raised by a single parent in South Los Angeles, where gangs were common and graduating from high school was not.
Starting in second grade, she woke up at 5:30 a.m. to catch the bus that took her an hour across town to school, where she was often the only African-American student in her class.